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Originally Posted by The Producer
took a ride in one of the first delivered R1S Rivians last week
4 motor. all the bells and whistles. some cool stuff, some hokey stuff. who gives a shit about a removable party speaker? it is cool that the seats go completely flat. With everything stowed and self levelling suspension - it's a pretty sweet car camper.
I've never been in anything that accelerated like that. Maybe a roller coaster. 0-100 in 3 seconds - that's top model tesla speed isn't it? (maybe not Plaid)
biggest thing - 500+ kms of range. They made it to the lake w range to spare. Up to now - this has been my biggest EV hard no. Now I just need them to scale it down to a smaller vehicle w at least the same range. The Rivian felt absolutely huge. The owners previous vehicle was a full size escalade. He says the Rivian feels massive to drive compared to that. He's not missing filling the $250.00 Escalade fuel tank.
I'm not anti EV - I'm just waiting for the vehicle that is perfect for me. At least 500kms of true range (not hypermiling), and the size, functionality of a compact car.
coles notes: Rivian fast, big range, but form factor way too big for me.
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I'm kind of on the same boat.
not completely anti EV when it comes to daily transportation, but the offerings in the market are just so expensive (and physically big)
I'll be quite content if Mazda ever did an EV Mazda 5 sized Van and just rename it the MPV. thats all I really need in the commuter / daily driver size EV.